Bag with collapsible umbrella

ABSTRACT

A shopping bag having a handle and adapted to be carried with or without use of the handle contains detachably an inverted collapsible telescopic umbrella. The handle of the umbrella is detachably held at the bottom of the bag and the umbrella can be extended and opened for use by pulling the umbrella upward by seizing it at its top.

o United States Paten 1 1 1 1 Lunney 511 May 1, W73

[ BAG WITH COLLAPSIBLE UMBRELLA 1,608,394 11/1926 Henry ..l35/l6 [75] Inventor: Helen P Lumey, Brooklyn, NIY. 1,699,015 1/1929 0 Donnell ..l35/16 [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Prima'yEXami'1er -1- KallBen Inc New York NY Attorney-Richard S. Shreve, Jr.

[22] Filed: Feb. 14, 1972 57 ABSTRACT 1 1 pp ,868 A shopping bag having a handle and adapted to be carried with or without use of the handle contains detachably an inverted collapsible telescopic umbrel- [52] US. Cl ..l35/l6, 135/33 1a. The handle of the umbrella is detachably held 51 Int. Cl. ..A45b 25/24 the bottomof the bag and the umbrella can be [58] Field Of Search 135/16, 33, 34 tended and opened fer use by pulling the umbrella ward by seizing it at its top. [56] References Cited 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,455,410 5/1923 Posselt ..l35/33 C X Patented Ma 1, 1973 FIELD OF THE INVENTION SUMMARY To this end, I provide a shopping bag having a handle and adapted to be carried by the user grasping the handle or by the user clasping same in one arm without use of the handle.

I further provide a collapsible telescopic umbrella so constructed that when its handle is held fixed at the bottom and the top of the umbrella is pulled up, the umbrella will be extended and expanded for use.

In my invention means are provided in the bag for holding the handle of the umbrella as well as storing the umbrella when collapsed. In use the user carries or holds the bag and the umbrella is necessarily held in position for use without being held by a hand of the user. Similarly the bag can be carried by the user with the umbrella collapsed and again the umbrella is not held in a hand of the user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective which shows my invention in use with the shopping bag held by its handle;

FIG. 2 is similar, with the bag held by an arm of the user;

,,FIG. 3 is a perspective of the bag used in my invention; and

F IG. 4 is similar, of the umbrella used in my invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, an umbrella 10 has telescoping elongated shafts 12 with a collapsible shield 14 and a T shaped handle 16. A knob 18 on the top of the shield can be used to open and extend the umbrella by pulling up on it with the handle disposed downward and held in a fixed position.

A collapsible shopping bag 28 adapted for repeated long term use has a handle 20 at its top open end. Strap means 22 in the top of the bag at one side can hold the umbrella therein, handle disposed in the bottom, either in collapsed stored condition or extended and expanded or open ready for use with the advantages previously described.

The bag can either be held by the handle, as shown in FIG. 1, or carried in one arm, as shown in FIG. 2, and the umbrella can be in use.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to the drawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what is asserted as new is:

1. In combination:

a shopping bag open at the top;

a collapsible telescopic umbrella having a handle grip detachably held at the bottom of the bag; I the top of the opposite end of the umbrella having a knob with ribs extending continuously down to lower ends near the bottom of the bag; whereby when the handle grip is fixed an upward pull on the knob will enable the umbrella to be extended and expanded. 

1. In combination: A SHOPPING BAG OPEN AT THE TOP; A COLLAPSIBLE TELESCOPIC UMBRELLA HAVING A HANDLE GRIP DETACHABLY HELD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG; THE TOP OF THE OPPOSITE END OF THE UMBRELLA HAVING A KNOB WITH RIBS EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY DOWN TO LOWER ENDS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG; WHEREBY WHEN THE HANDLE GRIP IS FIXED AN UPWARD PULL ON THE KNOB WILL ENABLE THE UMBRELLA TO BE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED. 